" Have you told them about me?" I mentioned I took on a young lady as crew in the Philippines. I didn't mention flying to Manila, or our ... relations...ip." Oh..."The lack of wind lasted a week during which we made a little progress, averaging at about one knot. Things looked up then, a little – ten days averaging three knots put us north of the Equator and halfway to our destination, after which our speed progressively increased to get us in to Barbados on the tenth of November.I didn't want to. ”“Oh, no, a beer is fine,” he said, helping himself to a cold bottle.“I want a beer!” Liv’s voice arrived just before she turned the corner coming in to join us. Of the six of us, she was the only one wearing nothing. “Hey! I thought you guys would have stripped down by now!” she complained to us. Jenny laughed and hurried out of the room to put her dress in the bedroom.At Jenny’s suggestion, the kids went out the back door to the yard. “You okay, honey?” Liv asked, putting her arm around. At least that ought to make her feel better, and the setup for Weindorf could be his break at last. He added a PS: “I’ll come when I can. Love you.” He signed it, “Man in Mexico.”Two hours later, Nathan Warner sat behind the wheel of the big black rental chariot. Empress was decked out in sweater and slacks, sitting close beside him. She didn’t have her Oriental look on today, but he called her “Empress” just the same. He drove fast, out of L.A.,. . it was my idea so I shouldn't have put guilt on her. I wished later that I'd just said that it was a new experience and we both should take some time to absorb everything and then talk about it. As it turned out things were strained between us for a couple of days.The following Monday Joey called me at work. He started off by saying that the four of them really enjoyed meeting us. "Cee Cee is quite a live wire, isn't she?" Yes. She certainly is!" Charlene is lovely, you're a lucky man." Yes.